莶

莶 · xiān

vine

Entry ↗

Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
xiān
Cantonese
cim1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

vine

Dictionary definitions & readings

莶 liǎn · variant of 蘞 liǎn; Taiwan pr. liàn

莶 xiān · used in 豨薟 xī xiān; Taiwan pr. liàn

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1244.030:xiān Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
397.100:xiān Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
XTOMM Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4410 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1036.401 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+83B6
Radical
艸 · 140
Strokes
10
Residual strokes
7
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #6953

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

10 strokes
莶
Strokes
10
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

10 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

薟

Unihan variant assertions; context determines usage.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kHanYu
53222.021
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53222.021
kIRGKangXi
1036.401
kKangXi
1036.401
kSMSZD2003Index
584.13
kCangjie
XTOMM
kFourCornerCode
4410
kPhonetic
182*
kUnihanCore2020
G
kIRG_GSource
G0-5D32
kRSUnicode
140.7
kTotalStrokes
10
kCCCII
292658
kEACC
292658
kGB0
6118
kTGH
2013:6953
kCantonese
cim1
kDefinition
vine
kMandarin
xiān
kTGHZ2013
397.100:xiān
kXHC1983
1244.030:xiān
kTraditionalVariant
U+859F

Sentences in context

Find examples using 莶 ↗

The attributed sentence collection is still small; this spelling has no retained example yet.

Study this character

Structure & connections

0.10
3dictionary records using 莶0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
艹 above 佥 · the shape used in China
Source notation ^⿱艹佥$(G)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

Decompose & trace ↗Browse all 3 word records ↗Explore sound families ↗Component search ↗
Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱艹佥$(G)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.